Tom DeLonge will no longer be singing about heartache and penis jokes with Blink-182, but at least he’ll always have his other job to fall back on. That would be his position as longtime alien enthusiast and conspiracy theorist.

In the lengthy Q&A, the punk rocker touches on some zany topics, including his so-called encounter with an actual alien at Area 51, how “knowing too much” has put him in danger, and how the government has been tapping his phone calls. Check out some choice excerpts below and/or head here for the full interview.

On the beginning of his UFO-loving days and how he has “government sources”:

Later this month, Kim Gordon will release Girl in a Band, a new memoir chronicling the singer’s life and storied music career, including her role in Sonic Youth and highly publicized breakup with frontman Thurston Moore. In anticipation of the book’s February 24th street date, a number of illuminating quotesand excerpts have been released to the public, many of which reveal some fascinating, and even controversial, tidbits about Gordon and her many rock star compatriots.

The newly unveiled quotes see Gordon recalling the first time she met Moore, as well as the “incident” which led to the dissolution of their marriage. She also noted how, upon first meeting Courtney Love in 1990 (Gordon co-produced Hole‘s Pretty On The Inside), she believed Love was mentally ill. Gordon also had some harsh words for Love’s “secret” boyfriend at the time, Billy Corgan, calling the Smashing Pumpkins frontman a “crybaby.” Additionally, she…

While you were busy checking out all the lists of best albums of 2014 by the likes of pitchfork, rolling stone and all the other ‘hip’ media sources, i was busy hating on their choices and making my own list.

No Coldplay, No Taylor Swift, Mac DeMarco, Black Keys or any of that other hipster mumbo-jumbo!